Previously, Hudson Shakespeare had been
contacted or asked after performances about the possibility of doing either
educational workshops or classroom presentations for area schools.
Usually, time was lacking during the off season for such a venture, however,
during the summer of 1999, HSC contracted with a few area youth organizations
and schools to organize its first every showcase presentation. Carried on
the recent success of the movie Shakespeare in Love, the company presented a
series of 6 scenes that showcased 6 famous Shakespeare couplings (3 comic and 3
dramatic) with narration during the performance with question and answering
afterwards. The scenes featured were:

The murder scene from Macbethwith Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

The "Nunnery" scene from
Hamlet,
with Hamlet and Ophelia

The Balcony Scene from
Romeo
and Juliet, featuring the title characters